The Sun. — London, England, 1818-01-16 00:00:00

THE ARMY. GUARDS-, SAN. 2, tEits. tAt it (ie nc)a l Court- Aldrtial held at lianotore, j th e EAit 'wiles, 01) the l 6 of October, 18, 'tena nt IVillianz Raitt;n, of the . 69th Re;4i -111,..el It. w as arraigned upon the under t nentioned " For conduct unhecoinimg the character of an Officer " n a a Gentlenian, in haring on or about the tni-ddte of 4 ugust, struck ' and kicked Lie l atenant Mulligan of the 144'e Ite g in 'ent, While spending; the evening together in his Qati Tent.„ 41 2 d. ror sea•ndaluns and infamous conduct, in the follow ii"l"cesrist. for associatintrwith that Officer (Lieute -444a4t 'llllligati) although th e i nsu lt h a d nut been noticed ; 7 of . !fld. for ma ki ng public the circuinstance'to the rfejudice co culenant Alulligan's character, after the apparent re -1.7j • . • kil t ' 011 which Ch arges t h e Court came to the t.“ v i ,ng Decisio n : tvi d l'He Court h av i ng mature l y cons id ere d the addnced in - supportof the prosecution, as N o% w hat the prisoner has urged in his defence, - liris n e ", ‘ "°- the.following decision. viz. I st• that the the cer Lientenant Ruxton is Guilty of T he 1: t • b a rge, Ch but that he was impelled to strike 1-ite ieutenant - Mulligan in his own conduct, in a l ," he is Guilty of highly improper conduct, I‘ll4-2,96\ating with that Officer (LieNtenant -I kea '4 1, 11) 4 fllioncil 'the insult bad not been no - - aotl e, "Ilt the Court Acquits the prisoner of all,. a e er Y O th er (tart Qt the 2nd Charge, namely of and infamous conch tat, and for u:a_k . i . ng teo a ""e circumstance to the prejudice of re- 111 character , after . the apparent "onciliatioir." • • 11,7i7jhe Court having found the prisoner Lieut. 111.atif Ruxton guilty in the above instances, 1 116 heiog'in breach of the Articles of War, it ll'es•senteuce him, the prisoner, Lieut. William of the 69th regiment to be dismissed his J''stv' , s Sureice." ' ll4 l V hia Sentence appears to have been approved r 'offirtned by the Counuander-in-Chief of the 'Lees in.lndia. Royal Highness the Comm a nder-i n -Chi e f p' r eels, that the foregoing Charges exhibited l i rist Lieutenant am Ruxton, of - the 69th ep,iineut, together with the Finding and Sea e" of the Court, shall he entered in the Ge h".4l O r d er Book, a nd read at the head of ev e ry e ttinitnt in his Majesty's service. at:der coimind Chief. of his Royal Highness th e Com im- HARRY CALVERT, Adj utant-General. I , 4 I4 LARD.—On Thursday the Sib R eg i men t o f tinder the command of Lieut.-Colonel Ro ,,r"soly,'whiCh, was lately quartered at Mullin marched into Cork Barracks, and were to ; s l ; ib ark on Friday, on hoard the transports at t ' k ""en, tor the Mediterranean. This gal r,eghnent has been under orders for that ser \,,i! ,above si x mouths.—The IoOth Regiment, arrived at Cork Iron) Canada, and is (1 1 .„ - , 1 ""tg duty in that garrison, will embark for lafil ;to be dismissed on the arrival ottrans ' r , 10t1i 1.66 'England.—The List division of the England.--The under the coin/1).04 . 0f Colonel 4i 4h 4T "/ 1 ., arrived hi Cork harbour, after a te ed ' 8 Passage from the Isle of France, and Mardi. , tti nu Thursday tioruing for Athlone, to be in •rPorated with the 2d Battalion quartered there. l Gibra'llarChronicle con ►iins the following -. .tieulars respecting the death of the late Del' of .G TERB of / When th e Janissaries stirroanail ate Palace t 4 t he DeY, he called to his 'assistance the Officers t e : 11 s Artillery and Navy, but they I declinediuter , Tll ig• The D e y t he n demanded of the Janissaries •f l at they wanted ? They replied, " An individual within." Anxious to preserve his life by any c rifif.e, he Offered to double t lie`pav dt the whole 411 butthis wasrejected, a nd hi s person l ou dl y l ed fdr. His 'firmness now fors oo k hi m , an d recourse tO . poison ; its operation, how- Was' Dot sufficieDay quick, and the Janissaries seized, and hound hint, and condocted to th e spot appropriated for public executions, tt le r ~ tifey strangled lints theythen gOickly rti ` I 'N to their h o n te ' s .. All this passed in about t h our fron t theie'first *assenibling. The public . rrlljQ n Was muchiri tavdtir Of the new Dey, Ali 1 ) , 14 ! 4 . The Mi n i s t ers o f „his predecessor have l el t banish e d i nto ' t h e interior, and their proper . J c onfisc a t e d : " A rt: pIPTED about 12 +gcilck, a ' Gentleman (who has served some time Army, -but who is now on the half-pay Aft residing in Park• street, Grosvenor-square, sh:; 1 - 1 4ted t o : put a period to his existence by • ' h -06 11 g himself throu g h tife hemi Witll it .pistal.. 181 . 1 by some means, probably through fbe ti, l rtation of hi s liana , took au o bli que i4 / I"l'rying away all the flesh from the cranium, 11 1 43 'cours e lirdged in the ceiting of the room . 111, e "ise brought some 'forum room , ; gy re into the roo, b lr erl he' was found in the middle of the toor in a i of blood an d quite senseless. A surge was 1-0 4 in instantly, who used a ll proper rem e dies. td touch involved, and has keen lately übserv ta .t. very low and desponding. ca.; Y sTEiIIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.-YesterdayadiS• k er rof rather a mysterious nature took place at of t .loattes Wharf, Blackwall. A great quan . ,1 6",; ° f•boxes, ',tidied up, were constantly coming of l e Wharf to be shipped ; but in consequence t o : V ery offensive smell coming from one of the it caused them to suspect that it cont a ined \t , C et hing improper : they sent for a Constable, 10, 1 7 came and opened the box, and to their as ‘A,t4lttnent, they found th e body o f a man 44 4 1ne& up in a q ua n t i t y o f h a y, a pp arent ly ( 4 -I tso yeats of age. The box was directed •1 3 .tard‘ Which was on the lid) " To Mr. JAS.. .k4.VIOSON, to the care of Mr. Roar. CALTO, Ih er ehant, of Eing-street, Aberdeen," and on t% ° llter side of t h e car d was . I' The Piano-forte i hi , l 7; ll ! by Miss BRANDE, of Prospact-place, N e w, 11, , ,:', t , ° "•" The box Was delivered front a boat by 2 4 wateren who d i sir c d rn it to be put cefully ta„ ( m vessel, near the bottom. The body of the It•j 11 w as convey e d i n At shell to the Workhouse, (the case' being involved in mystery), the tiro inquest wilt. ittc PO CT It•Y. SONNET. To*liie, Unconscious what inVites the eye, To think, unthinking what attracts the thought, l ioweep, and wail, and wish, unknowing silly, In day-dreaMs all the time to occupy, . , And seek, forgetful erst what Fancy sought;— This may he like a Lover's lone employ, .And bliss to him, if bliss he find in augist ; But trust pe, 'tv. , ere a bliss so dearly bonglit, That Wisdom at such price would 'sdeign to buy.— Ali 'tis a trivial, transitory toy, , A fond, a fickle, and fallacious joy, Vamishing soon, and leaving pleasure nought.— .. And south, might I my simple mind express, "Pis a most foolish piece of business, !I, H. U. M; THE BROAD WAY. once drove his fout-in-haaii, 'Till matters soon came to. a stand, But now again be thrives— Hence, to prepare thr waybelOw, Fur BLASPHEMY he'll gold bestow, And to the Devil drives ! WHIPCORD„ THE TUFA U{E. • • After the performance of Artaxerxes ) , tbe. - triumph of ;he English School of tuusicAl and tn,te, at Covent -Garden Thearre,last taigilt, a pew 17,1reF was produced, tinder the title of Three Milesfrain Paris. The folloivipg is an outline of THE PLOT. , Motley (DENNiNG), a servant, intended .to be foturted on the model of the clever, impudent, faithful rascals of the old school, undertakes to deliver a letter to the niece of a widow who keeps an Inn. To accomplish this design without danger of 'discovery, he discreetly takes the landlady's (nrs.DAVEN , PORT) servant out before the front door of the house, main road, and in broad daylight, where .1w offers her money to convey the letter to its destination. The widow, wonder ful to relate, breaks in upon them, and spoils this admirable scheme. Motley retires, but :wain comes on, and attempt's, as a French Courier, to give the ' let ter himself. Foiled attest;, lie repeats the experiment as a British Grenadier, and as a Tourist, with the same want of success; hnt at last achieves the important object in the character of a British Sailor. The letter breaks the charm, we know not how, which had pre viously prevented the union of the lovers ; and the Colonel (.IcFFteeYs) who 'has thinfelicitv to be the. master of the ac complished Motley, and who dared not shew his nose before, now appears and triumphantly claims his Louisa (i‘lts MArritms), and sets her till then dreaded aunt at defiance, and the parties are happy. The piece seems chiefly to have been ‘vritten. for the purpose of giving a ifew proof of the ver satility of MATHEWS in the transtormation ot cha racters, but as that Perforiner is not at present engaged at Covent Garden Theatre„ it was as signed to DENNING, who is by no means an in different substitute, and acquitted liims . elf in his Protean efforts with great adroitness. The piece is quite jejune in its structure, and is not tench animated by the dialogue, but as this species of dramatic liarlequinade has grown into some vogue, it will perhaps he suffered for a few nights, till something better shall offer. There was again a bumper of auditors, occupying all parts, among whom the Piece excited some entertainment, but not enough to give it the stamp of popularity. TuavratcAt. BoN MoT.—Thelate good-natur, ed man, and-Tespectable.actor, ROBERT PALMEIt, %vas the Sun of -- PALMER, %%4'07 in the time of : 111 r. GAREtcx was the bead bill-sticker of the Thearie, and in the evening the money-taker at' the liner Gallery ; in the former of which oc- . cupations ROBERT PALMER, when a youth, Was . also employed. At night lie rendered himself useful too behind the scenes. At length he was entrusted with parts of small consequence. One of these being that of a young Gentleman, Boa resolved to dress 'highly in character, for which' purpose be procured a pair of stone shoe and knee buckles, in which he appeared with his sword by his. side for the.first time in the Green-room. lie was immediately quizzed by the other performers, anti CVARLEs BANNISTER, eyeing him significant ly from top to.toe—exclaimed, "paste, all passe .!" 808, laying his hand on his sword, said indignant ly '` Sir, repeat that again, and stick you through the body"—" that's right my dear bro ther brush," said Old PARSONS (who bad been a landscape painter), " stick hint against the' Walt." There was a report that Mr. ii:BAN bad settled an engagement for next season at Covent 'Garden Theatre, but it is 'contradicted, and no 'skill that harmony is restored between bin) artA 'the Drury Line Committee of Management.. WELCII ORDER. The 'following is said to be the promised Lila of the New Itnights:— THE SOVEREIGN. 11,To be , fi lled by two Princes of Ott Bloud'RoYat.'"''' 1 . ;I t :. The Marquis of Anglesca. . --' - • • • ' 4-..The:Viscount Bulkeley. • • • - ..,. ... . 5. The Earl of Cardigan. . . • . , tti,- i.. .. . • ti. The Viiconnt Dungannon. . . 7. it Watkin Williams IVynne, Bait. S. The Lord Milford. .. , . . 9. The Earl of Powis. '• • 10. The Lord. Kenyon. . . . . . , 11. The Lord Gwydir. ' . 12. The Lord Dyne; or. Prebend of the Order—Tls. Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Chancellor—The Lord Bishop of Bangor. • Registrar—Rhys .loner, Esq. .. Genealogist—R. Richards, Esq. Puursuirant, Heralds, Gentleman Usher, &c. at the dis posal of the Earl Marshal. Ribhand—Light green edged with white. Witte —" Creantur fortihos et 'mils." ROYAL ACADFMY.-Mr. TuaNEa gave the third of his series of Lectures on Perspective last night. He dwelt upon linear and aerial Perspective some time, occasionally touching upon chitec tore, so tar us it related to geometrical propor tions. Curves and Conic Sections were incidental parts of his discourse, and by his illustrations he relieved the dryness of an abstract subject, otherwise could have afforded little enterrainment to the general auditor. Mr. FUSELS was in the chair. Professor CHRISTIAN has resigned his Professor ship of the Laws of England in the East India -College, near Hertford, and the Honourable Court of Directors have been pleased to grant Lin), a pension for lite. 'There was no trial o( general interest at the Old Bailey yesterday. M:N ; cii*EltSrf INTELLIGENCE, JAN. 15. PREFEUME,NTi. . The. Rev. T. :Rector of Renipstone, and late Fellow of Sidney,',C;'ollege, has been.pre• ;;Rhteri to the Vicarage o' Basford, near Not- •• „••• , The Rev. W. Snowden has been preserved (by the Rev. Mr. Sharpe, Vicar of 'Wakefield) to the val.pabl f living of Horbory, vacant by the death of the Rev. Mr. Taylor, , Tht,Rev. Wm. Bradley, ; •l3;,A. was last week instituted to the Viral-Age of Frision.with Swipe annexed, in Sulfa, on, the prcseo.tation of Richied William Howard Wyse, Esq. of Stoke place-,•Rucks. • The, Hon. and Rev. A. E Hobart, (brother to the Girl of Buckinghamshire) has been inducted into the Rectory of Benington, near Boson, to► which Ire had been recently instituted, by t lie,Lord Bishop 'of Lincoln, on the presentation of the Righ,CeTpn. F. J. Robinson, of Nocton.. Rev. Rann Kennedy, 2d Master of Ding Ed ward's, Grammar ,School, has been presented as Mirds!er"of St. Nut's Chapel, Bitmingliam. A Dispensation has Biassed the Great Seal to enable the Rev. 'l': Boys, D. D. late Fellow of New.. College, Oxford, to hold .the Rectory of Radelive,. Bucks, together with the Rectory of Stratton, Gloncestershire. • • -, Sitting-s,appointed in be held in Middlesex and London before t Right Hon. Sir VICARY GI BBi, Ent. Lord Chief Justice. of ,1113 Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, in and after Hilary 'berm, 1818 IN TEIINT. MIDDLESEX. Saturday • ' . Tanuary 24 Morrday Tiltir , al6v 29 `:4l !Inlay Thursday February ') Friday LONDON. ....January 16 Friday - AITER 13 TERM. I Saturday , . ...Any„RTITISEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—Th 111 C year 1797 proposals were circulated, for publish ing by subscription, a History of Snuff and To. 4aeco, in two volmhes, the first volume to contain a' Description: of the Nose—Size of Nosesa Di gression on Unman Noses—Whether long Noses tare symptotnatic-L-Otigin - of Tobacco—Tolorceo firstmanutactured into Snuff—tnquiry ‘vho took the First l'ioclinssay on Sneezing—Whether the Antients sneezed, and at what-Origin of PoCket Handkerchiefs—Discrimination between Snuffing and taking Snuff; the former applied only' to Candles—Parliamentary Snuff-takers— Troubles in the time of CIiARLHS the First, as connected with Smoaking. Vol. 11. Snuff-takers in the Padiamentacy Armv—Wit at a Pinch— Oval Snuff-boxes first used by the Round-heads— Manufacture of Tobacco l'ipes—Dissertation on Pipe Clay—State of Snuff durink the Common wealth—The Union--Scotch Snuff first iotro duced—fonoci Ye:l:y imn.L:ent and penetr.ting---Ac cession of GkoitoE the Second—Snuff-b(kes then made of Gold and Silver—GEORGE the Third— Scotch Snuff first introduced at Court—the QUEEN --.-German Stodrs in Fashion—Female Snuff-takers. .-4. A tan Tuckers, &c. &c.—lndex and List of Subscribet EMPTY COFFINS ! I—The public should be ap prised of a discovery, which was made last Wed nesday week, in the vault under the BAptist Cap pd, at the back of Greystoke-place, Fetter-lane. Mr. hiss, of Clare-market, a respectable -under taker, While superintending a funeral there, was .led by curiosity to examine some of the coffin.; the first of which should have contained the body of Pearson, who was executed a short time since with Vortie, for forgery. Mr. B. lifted fte cof fin, and observed it was extremely light, and doubted the possibility of a body being contained iu it ; lie immediately sent for a screwdriver, and proceeded to ascertain the fact—the coffin was opened, but, as he suspected, - the body was gone! A second coffin was opened, which likewise prov ed to be empty !—(lferald.) -GIG RACE AGAINST Sporting Match took place on Tuesday, at Euston Flats, Essex, between Cap. It. T. FORDING and Mr. ABBOT, Of Hinckley, who engaged to drive their own IsOrses for one hour over the eight miles fiat, start jog. a: opposite ends, for 200 guineas. Captain Fording accomplished the fifteen miles in 59 mi nutes and 58 seconds ; Mr. Abbot in 63 minutes And ive secouds. Captain Fording won by speed. , 116111 were backed 'to fifteen miles within the boa: . kr, • • Nkint.2ol4, PRINT FAA LOI- . MEME.—Our Readers t ie Fl nainfally be curious to hear some particulars 't+p s`e'dii - h4 tiit . forthcoming work. Ve ate. „en . - ; abledio:4State Mat the MS: wirS'tranStnitted.from with 4slsurances that its perrect authen- Aicity Rt . ight.be depended on. The Editor, in his preface-says : " A singular circumstance placed these papers in my possession. In June, 1814, apt Auierican; Who was travelling for his pleitsure, eame,to visit me at Leghorn. His curiosity to become . acquainted with It tIONAPANTE Inspired him. Witt. an earnest wish to go to the Island of Elba, and 1 procured him the means of doing so. He was a man of considerable knowledge, and very engaging manners, and seems to have pleased NA - POLEON much. He bad several interviews With,hins, and was allowed to peruse Isis Matsu iCript Memoirs, front which he privately took ex tracts _of the leading parts. His conversations with BUONAPARTR were of a very singular nature. These he also noted down every day us they oc curled: On his return to Leghorn, he communi cated to the Isis notes I found them so extreme ly interesting that 1 entreated the permission to take a Copy 'of them with the view of their being published. Alter much hesitation, he at length consented to my request. The singular in:timer inwhich the notes were taken, may perhaps throw a shade of doubt whether the facts' cited happened exactly as they are, related, or whether there was not some connivance het weer 800- NAPARTP. and the Author. lie this as it may, , I consider the Manuscript as a eurions historical document, and one of the most IstUillelltiC relative to BIIONAPARTii.", POLICE INTELLIGENCE.' Eo - ,v 7 sTREE r. :Theatrical .Warfare Extraordinary.-.4fr. Cl lis, ton, the celebrated Comedian, appeared yes reedels. to aoswee a C h a r ge o t assault tn,dc him by Mr. Mon f rieff„ the. successful author of Don Giovanni in London, &c - lt , appeared t;ie maltreated hard bad,-.for t.he last.,three years, sup plied all ,the pieces at r ,the Olympic, ac a stipti listed sum for .each piece,, and it was, the re fusal of Mr. Elliston, as Manager of.the to pay for the new piece.of the Fortunate Youth, t - Low fordicoming, and his stopping ,some. of Mr,. Moncrieff's orders, that led to the assault its que,rion. .The poet, completely-one of the genus irritabile, expressed his indignation at the cououer. of the Manager,. in hig.h sounding phrase awl lofty sentence,' inveighing with Sh:ikspeare, against '.mans ingratitude,' and talking of be ne.fit forgot !"Phe buskined Manager . , not being able to parry the argumentura ad hominetn of the Poet, reshrted to the argumentum baculinunz, ‘rhicht, from the stature of his adversary, he was more.successful, paying the astonished .:bard, notes. of hand, which saluted his ears, very diffe rently from those, bestowed, upon his pieces by the ,crowded audienCes which nightly visit the Olyropic. . • The pugilistic Manager, not being able to gain say the charge, was oDliged to give bail for his uppearsince.at the . Sessions. Mr. Cross, who appeofed .as the professional friend of.the author, ntlyised a compromise, whicis he indignantly rejected, and departed big witis his wrongs,' his sesul in arms and eager..tor the fray.' NIARLBOROMIT-STREET. Case of Great Distre s s. —Yesterday a man named Pilgrim, who appeared to have seen bett et days,, and who had been formerly a mate in the East India Company's service, was charged with tub bing his lodgings at 11r. Egerton's; Chandler street, Oxford-market, of a variety of articles. It appeared that this unfortunate man had been reduced to the utmost misery. So great was his distress ) that a child of his, who died some time hack, remained unburied for many days in con sequence of his disability to pay the expellees of the funeral, and he was obliged on Thursday last to apply to the parish to contribute a little money towards the interment of. the child. Ile had pre viously stripped his apartment of every portabl.: article it contained, and having broken open a box, took from it soine sheets, ‘A hid: he pawned, and af terwards sold the dim-Heal es. Mr. Jones, a constable, went to t he place of the prisoner's residenceon Wed nesday, for the purpose of tali ing him into cost o il y. Pilgrim, having seen the Otncer make his appear ance, and suspecting the object for which lie came, immediately went to a closet, and taking out a. razor, made a desperate effort to put an end to his miseries and his lite by drawing the instrument lac:os - - is -throat. Fortunately, the razor not being in good order, the . wound inflicted was not dangerous. Jones immediately stized the prisoner by tbe . elllll, and having wrested Coe weapon from his hand, conveyed the prisrmer to St George . * watch-house. A surgeon was se n t for, wit. dressed the wound, and said the unhappy man hal been very near putting a tresioff to his - e,:istetice.. The persons at whose hotve the prisone - r Itnlg 7 ed.humanely agreed to let the business stand over for some time, that it maybe ascertained whether the man's circumstances were, in reality, so dis tressing as he represented them to be. ImPnoYamEN - rs.—The pie'e of waste gronoi lyint between Russell-striate and Tottenham, conrt•road, which has been for a length of lint!: tt great nuisance, Irons the number of idle per sons generally collected there, playing at pitch and (MS, &C. is all 101111 d, and the ground marked for the erection of a new Churct.6 for the Parish of St. Pancras, which, we under stand, will be commenced building about the Ist of April. • COURAGEOUS SERYANT.- , 4)11 Wednesday night, the 7th instant, the residence of ltohert.Wright, Esq. was broken open ; and at half-past ten o'clock the robber was discovered by the man servant, on going to bed, in his room. A strug gle ensued, but, the servant's candle going_ out, the thief escaped through the window by which he entered the house. . Roancates.—For some time past the neighbour hood of Lisson-green, Paddington, has been in fested by a gang of young thieves, from the ages of 12 to 20, who nightly phindered the houses of the in habitants in the most daring manner:flit: knockeri, scraper 3, and bell knobs have been stolen from the doors, night after night, and sold at the old iron shops in the neighbourhood. Tuesday night the. landlord Of the YOrk-strire Stings observed a little boy busily emplqed in wrenching away the brass ornaments front the,door of hismeighbour. J. CiarkeEs(l. ; he watched burn for some time, end saw hint dexterously draw out the bell wire, which he cat off and put in his pocket. lie then ,took him into custody, and :disco vered in his person the son •of a very respectable perion in that part. The same night the houses of two other persons in the place were strippea in like manner for the third time this last fortnight. Werluesdavnight rite cot tage of Airs. ,Saunders., near the Ertlgeware-road, was broken into and robbed of r wo trundle•s of We: linen, the property ot.Ciptain Crifit, of Po r tl a od_ s t reet, which ware there to be washed, and the thieVes escaped undiscovered. • A. Correspondent who keeps a register of Ca pital Prizes and by whota sold, assures us, that in the last twelve -years their have been only twelve Prizes of 30,0001. and thrit Bisti, the pre sent Contractor, sold no less than EIGHt of them : this is another proof that " Fortune fa vours those who. favour hiui ;" indeed . th e h it Lottery which coittonted Three'Priis of 30.000/. (ahour two years'ago), litsH sold them all t - ! In Ike very last Lottery he sold in Shnies three Pt izes- of 20.0001. each, an& as the . Or( sent Lot tery contains three • Prizes of 30,0001. besides 97 other - Capitals, where can we go with so gr ea t A chance of obtaining them as` to !its t, the Con tractor ? who -semis the favotii•ed Agent of For tune to disperse her Riches to the Public at Corn hill and Charing Cross, London, and ley his Agents in tho Country. Ok